Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
“Everyone has two jobs”
(Only 5.2% do)
ICE required to detain 34,000 ppl each day
(False)
Upper-middle class doesn't exist
(It’s grown 16%)
Medicare for all is cheaper
(It would cost $33 trillion over 10 years)
washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec…
“Everyone has two jobs”
(Only 5.2% do)
ICE required to detain 34,000 ppl each day
(False)
Upper-middle class doesn't exist
(It’s grown 16%)
Medicare for all is cheaper
(It would cost $33 trillion over 10 years)
washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec…
Last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) touted a study showing Medicare-for-all “would save the American people $2 trillion over a 10-year period.”
However, the study assumes payments to health care providers would be slashed by over 40 percent.
However, the study assumes payments to health care providers would be slashed by over 40 percent.
In the study’s abstract, the author notes:
"It is likely that the actual cost of [Medicare-for-all] would be substantially greater than these estimates”
mercatus.org/system/files/b…
"It is likely that the actual cost of [Medicare-for-all] would be substantially greater than these estimates”
mercatus.org/system/files/b…
According to the study, Medicare for all would cost ~$3.26 trillion per year.
Currently, it is estimated the government spends ~$1.38 trillion per year on health care.
politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
Currently, it is estimated the government spends ~$1.38 trillion per year on health care.
politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
